Remembering routes on a ride out

Ride-outs & Events
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For some years now I have followed leaders on ride outs without any attempt to learn the routes we are on. Since 2007 I have been doing the lanes round Sussex / Surrey / Box Hill and seem unable to remember the routes and directions. The Sunday before Easter I went on a lovely ride with Martin (Emsee) and Joy (Mrs Terry Moto) round a whole host of lanes and back ‘non A / B’ routes to Devil’s Dyke where we had a lovely look at the view from a hill top pub and I dropped my phone in the loo. But, can I remember how we got there? No!!!

Does anyone else have this problem? How to solve?

Hels

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Before he disappeared off the face of the earth Joby had a handy gadget on his satnav which used to keep the route taken that day & he used to post it up on here.

We miss him for that bit:D

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I use one of these , cheap and cheerful , no subscriptions and USB powered.

TDJ had one and am very glad I got one :

http://global.mobileaction.com/product/product_i-gotU_GT-600.jsp

You can then upload them here , this is the St Georges day out from ACE back to the ACE

http://www.a-trip.com/tracks/view/73760

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Well - I dropped my phone into the urinal on a rideout to Clacton :w00t: I know what you mean about recalling routes - some guy asked me on Sat where we had just been - I shrugged and said I just follow the guy in front and try not to get lost :smiley:

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MyTracks (on Android phones at least), make sure it’s connected to a power supply though as it will kill your battery!

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This is awesome and free.

If you’re into fitness, you can buy a bluetooth heart rate monitor that can pair with your device and be used by this software to provide stats of how many (theoretical) calories burned and other data.

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Any Android or iPhone will record a track. There are loads of apps that will record this for you, and websites like GPS Visualiser and Everytrail.com that will help display your track in Google Maps and the like. I use CameraAlert on my phone which gives speed trap alerts also records tracks. I use a battery booster pack to avoid my phone battery running down I bought it through eBay for £20 from someone in Bromley who still sells them and provides all day power.

webazar.org has some apps that can be run on most TomTom devices that add features, including an app that records tracks which I have used in the past on my ancient TomTom ONE.

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That was one of the main reasons I got a Garmin satnav. Easy to record the routes and re-play them :slight_smile:

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+1. The Zumo 660 is excellent for this.

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There are apps for smartphones, ibiker has just arrived :slight_smile:

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This is all very useful. Thanks folks:DBeing a techno phobe, who only even joined Facebook last week, which of these devices is the simplest and easiest to use? And which one can you attach to the bike without having to dismantle the seat and stick wires on the battery? And how do you manage to put it on the bike without it falling off?Re the phone apps and the killing battery issue - how to solve? Is a battery booster easy to fit? (Forgive my total ignorance - you’re talking to someone who still carries maps around and navigates via guess work, sun, moon and road signs:D)

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I actually use my android phone for all of that, its a free navigation app and seems to work really well.

Scooter Battery

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Yesterday I used My Tracks on my Android Phone. Very impressed with it. I used it continuously for 8 hours, using this to keep it charged -

http://www.portablepowersupplies.co.uk/usbliionbatterypack.htm

At the end of the eight hours continuous use the phone was 100% charged, and the battery pack was still at 60%.

The track is here -

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:smiley: Works for me !..Oh and google maps ‘street view’, lets me check out land marks etc at points on a route i’m planning. Them when i ride the route i’m familiar with it…even places i’ve never been to previously.:cool: